Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body (2003)

Initially intended for Michael Jackson, this slinky, Neptunes-produced single was, says co-creator Chad Hugo, born out of a desire to "make a song that would get people up like in a disco but not be a disco". Note the word "disco", not "club", the venue for most modern day R&B bangers.

Hercules & Love Affair feat Antony Hegarty – Blind (2008)

Taking the best elements of disco – spidery basslines, funk guitars, squelching sax – and adding a soul diva vocal turn from Antony Hegarty, Blind is the epitome of modern disco, all hands in the air euphoria tinged with unshakeable melancholia.

Music Go Music – Warm In The Shadows (2009)

For nine short minutes Warm In The Shadows, LA-based disco trio Music Go Music's best song, undulates and wriggles over a chugging bassline, rapid funk guitar and the sound of a million disco balls smashing together.

Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Lovesick (2010)

Norwegian producer Lindstrøm is often cited as the figurehead of "space disco", which, if this collaboration with singer Christabelle is anything to go by, basically means taking the disco template, slowing it all down and making it sound strangely sinister.

Little Boots – Every Night I Say A Prayer (2012)

Always professing a love of disco in interviews, Little Boots put her money where her mouth is on this one-off single released for Record Store Day. Minimal and spacious but with a massive pop chorus, the video also recalls the New York voguing scene, which melded disco and house.